Driver with epilepsy jailed over death crash – BBC News
“A driver with a history of epilepsy caused the death of a woman by playing ‘Russian roulette’ with his condition, police have said.”
BBC News, 18th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Court clerk makes legal history as he is jailed under new bribery legislation – Daily Telegraph
“Munir Patel, a court clerk, made legal history today as he became the first person to be jailed under new bribery legislation.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Judge slams weak sentencing powers as scout leader with child porn escapes jail – Daily Telegraph
“The judge hit out while sentencing Damian Gough, 49, a grandfather who spent 14 years with a scout troop and an altar server who took children’s liturgy services at his local Catholic church, who was found with hundreds of child sex pictures and videos on his home computer and on DVDs at his house. He was allowed to walk free from court.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Hugh Grant baby court injunction reasons outlined – BBC News
“An injunction was granted to the mother of actor Hugh Grant’s baby because paparazzi were making her life ‘unbearable’, a judge has explained.”
BBC News, 18th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cartoonist sues BBC for £2m over CBeebies characters – The Guardian
“A cartoonist is suing the BBC for £2m over claims that the corporation copied his animations and used them in a CBeebies show.”
The Guardian, 18th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Hapless gang caught after YouTube gun video – Daily Telegraph
“Five gang members have been jailed for 26 years for possessing firearms after flaunting them in a rap video posted on YouTube.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
High Court (Commercial Court)
Petromec Inc & Anor v Petroleo Brasileiro SA & Ors [2011] EWHC 2997 (Comm) (17 November 2011)
JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov & Ors [2011] EWHC 2988 (Comm) (17 November 2011)
Polymer Vision R & D Ltd & Ors v Van Dooren [2011] EWHC 2951 (Comm) (17 November 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
Streaming service reproduces copyrighted films in memory buffers, High Court rules – OUT-LAW.com
“An internet streaming company does reproduce ‘a substantial part’ of films in ‘memory buffers’ contained on its servers when it relays films to users of its service, the High Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th November 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Mobile phones no longer exempt from trader phone tapping rules – OUT-LAW.com
“Investment banks and financial traders in the UK must now record the mobile phone conversations of their staff following the closure of a regulatory loophole.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th November 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
In re an application by the General Dental Council (Savery and others, interested parties) – WLR Daily
“The General Dental Council was under no obligation to obtain an order of the court for permission to use and disclose dental records of patients for the purposes of investigating allegations of professional misconduct against a registered dentist even where the patients in question objected to the disclosure or did not consent to it.”
WLR Daily, 16th November 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Zarb and another v Parry and another – WLR Daily
Zarb and another v Parry and another: [2011] EWCA Civ 1306; [2011] WLR (D) 331
“To defeat a claim to title to land by adverse possession under the Land Registration Act 2002 on the basis of an interruption which stopped time running, the paper title owner was required to show possession to the exclusion of the person claiming adverse possession.”
WLR Daily, 15th November 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
eDate Advertising GmbH v X: Martinez and another v MGN Ltd – WLR Daily
“Under article 5(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 a person who considered that his privacy rights had been infringed by content placed online on an internet website had the option of bringing an action either before the courts of the member state in which the publisher of that content was established or before the courts of the member state in which the centre of his interests was based. Under article 3 of Directive 2000/31/EC (‘the E-Commerce Directive’) member states had to ensure that, subject to the derogations authorised in accordance with the conditions set out in article 3(4), the provider of an electronic commerce service was not made subject to stricter requirements than those provided for by the substantive law applicable in the member state in which that service provider was established.”
WLR Daily, 25th October 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Recent Statutory Instruments – legislation.gov.uk
The West Northamptonshire Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) (Amendment) Order 2011
The Al-Qaida (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2011
The Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Ethiopia) Order 2011
The Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (China) Order 2011
The Double Taxation Relief (Aircraft Crew) (Brazil) Order 2011
The Double Taxation Relief and International Tax
Enforcement (Armenia) Order 2011
The Libya (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2011
The Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Hungary) Order 2011
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
The strengths and skills of the Judiciary in the Magistrates’ Courts – Ministry of Justice
“This research assessed the strengths and skills of magistrates and District Judges to inform better deployment of the judiciary in magistrates’ courts.”
Ministry of Justice, 15th November 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Are professional judges better than lay magistrates? – The Guardian
“A Ministry of Justice report suggests the difference is less than some imagine.”
The Guardian, 17th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lawrence judge’s fury at magazine article – The Independent
” The judge in the Stephen Lawrence murder trial has asked the Attorney General to consider criminal charges over an article written by the former editor of Radio 4’s Today programme, Rod Liddle, which appears in the current edition of the Spectator magazine.”
The Independent, 18th November 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Freedom of information – no longer the Cinderella of rights – UK Human Rights Blog
“There is no doubt that freedom of expression plays a starring role in the human rights fairy tale. While she is carried aloft on the soaring rhetoric of citizens’ rights from the newsrooms to protesters’ rallies, the right to information, her shy stepsister, is rarely allowed out. How can that be? Surely we can’t have the one without the other?”
UK Human Rights Blog, 17th November 2011
Source: http://ukhumanrightsblog.com
Child rapist Roger Gleaves in ‘slopping out’ court case – BBC News
“A rapist who had to use a bucket as a toilet at an Isle of Wight prison has claimed a breach of his human rights.”
BBC News, 17th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Legal aid cuts undermine constitutional right to access to justice, peers warn – The Guardian
“Government proposals to slice £350m out the annual legal aid budget undermine the constitutional principle that citizens must have access to justice, a senior House of Lords committee has warned. Issued by the constitution select committee, which includes prominent crossbench and Conservative peers, the report is a significant challenge to the legal aid, sentencing and punishment of offenders bill days before its second reading in the upper house.”
The Guardian, 17th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
